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Japan. [[strikethrough]]It[[/strikethrough]] ^[[The place]] contains over 200 acres, has one temple, another is building, shrines, several tea houses, his own residence, gardens, paths, &c, &c, besides the lovely Japanese house in which I am now living. His "godown" is attached to my house and I have full control of his magnificent treasures!- Screens, kakimono[[?]], pottery, sculpture, bronze, books &c. It completely overwhelms me and I really dont know what to do. It is one of those extraordinary manifestations of Oriental hospitality of which I am entirely unworthy and which I can never repay. He traced me from Shanghai, sent men to Nagasaki, where my ship did not stop, then to Kobe to meet and escort me to this